TEST DRIVE MEME #5

[fairyfoes]

TEST DRIVE MEME

Considering apping to EACHDRAIDH? Why not give the setting a test run here! OPTIONAL SCENARIOS 01. ARRIVING IN THE DRABWURLD. The Seelie and Unseelie courts welcome you with mirthful revelry and hearty food. After you have been briefed on your purpose here, you will find an endless feast and a night filled with entertainment to placate your concerns. Mingle with new arrivals, sneak down the castle halls and make sure your eyes are always on your glass; fairies and imps have no bias when it comes to tricks! 02. THE STATION. Looking for a little slice of home? The Station gives you all that and more. Take advantage of the wifi, have a cup of fairy-brewed coffee (the one they didn't spit in) or sit back and relax on the patio. You can even move your things into one of the available rooms! 03. WILDCARD. Your own scenario! Explore the Drabwurld or simply take advantage of your Locket!

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[atoned]

[ she's not toph unless she opts for a bored expression over one of relief. zuko continues to smile, though. she can feign all she likes; he'll be relieved for the both of them. ]

[ but her words pull the corner of his lips down, even if it's just for a moment. it's not fair of him to feel disappointed at her speaking as though she's new. he didn't know what the imps, or even high-queen morla herself, were capable of when someone was sent home to only arrive back. he hadn't expected her to be back. ]

[ he can't quite help the dismay creep into his voice, ] You don't remember. [ it's not phrased as a question. ]

[metalbends]

[ her expression turns at the change in tone in his voice, and she pushes herself off the wall. ]

I don't remember what? [ she didn't like the way he said that. she really didn't like it. ]

[atoned]

[ zuko wants to say everything, but opts for — ]

Nothing.

[ and a very sulky expression. he doesn't even try to feign indifference, as though his own observation doesn't weigh heavily upon a debbie downer's shoulders. ]

[metalbends]

[ well that's helpful. and if he thinks she's letting him get away with that after something so cryptic, he's got another think coming. ]

Nuh-uh. Not happening. Start talking, unless you wanna end up waist-deep in the floor here.

[ she'll do it. DON'T THINK SHE WON'T. ]

[atoned]

[ spirits, she's going to bury him under the earth if he tries to keep sweeping the ash beneath the carpet. ]

Look — [ cue an exasperated sigh — one that is directed completely at himself. ] It's nothing. You were just here before. We arrived together and then two months later you left.

[ and he cried like a little bitch about it, too. ]

[metalbends]

That doesn't sound like nothing. [ and she's not doing anything to mask her concern now. she's alarmed, and worried. she had never been here before, but here zuko was saying she had. she would remember something like this. ]

That doesn't make any sense. How could I have been somewhere for two months that I don't remember at all?

[atoned]

[ as per usual, toph's right, water is wet, and zuko is dumb. ]

I don't know! [ the frustration is clear in his voice, so palpable she probably can see it. ] It's probably the magic — [ still doesn't understand that that is, tbh. ] — of this place doing something to you. Maybe it's ... [ he's uncertain if he's uncomfortable or relieved at the thought that takes root and grows in his mind. he'd been so afraid toph had been taken from this world due to their screw-up with reynard and raonil. but he pauses nonetheless, his tone shifting from that characteristic frustration to something softer. ] Maybe it's giving you a second chance.

[metalbends]

[ wow, okay, stop. toph puts up her hands. this is - well, honestly? it's unbelievable. it's some kind of weird dream, obviously. because zuko is rambling off about lost memories and magic and second chances, and none of it makes any sense to her. ]

A second chance at what, exactly?

[atoned]

Being here!

[ if there was a fire around here, the flames would be shooting thickly right through the ceiling with how he projects that. it's obvious, isn't it? in zuko logic, it's as bright as fire against a black backdrop. ]

We messed up when we were first here. High-Queen Morla never tasked you with a quest, but maybe that's why — [ zuko just stops there. maybe that's why she left, as some sort of punishment for the both of them. but he sighs, the action calming that inner fire of his right into an ember until she chooses to spark it once again. ] It doesn't matter. You're back now.

[metalbends]

[ she's about to shout something in return - but instead, she crosses her arms and turns her head away. this is ridiculous. what he's saying is ridiculous. and she's not in the mood to keep this dream going on any longer. ]

Whatever. I'm just gonna ignore you until I wake up and things start making sense again.

[atoned]

Fine!

[ two can play at that game. crossing his arms against his chest, fists balled at his sides, zuko's prepared to ignore toph until she deems this not an incredibly vivid dream. he's pinched himself enough to have bruises lining his arms. sometimes, he wishes this was a dream, but zuko never gets what he asks for without stumbling and making a fool of himself. ]

[ he lasts a good two minutes before he looks at her. ]

Are you going to eat something?

[metalbends]

[ PEONS OF MATURITY.

and toph isn't about to give into the smell of warm food so easily. of course, that's when her stomach grumbles. for a dream, she's pretty dang hungry.

...urgh. ]

It smells funny.

[atoned]

Like Earth Kingdom food, so it should be normal for you.

[ he's not even trying to be immature — he just wishes to ease her nerves and get her to eat as she's already short enough. the food here isn't hot enough for zuko. it's almost like mud, sometimes — earth kingdom food tastes like that, but nothing as horrible as uncle's attempts at mud pies. ]

The tarts are nice.

[metalbends]

[ she huffs, blowing a few strands of hair lying across her face. she doesn't want to sit and eat. it seems like admitting defeat to her, somehow. ]

Steak? [ she will take a big hunk of meat right now. sokka would be proud. ]

[atoned]

Somewhere. [ the pout is evident in his voice. ] This place has everything but fire flakes.

[ it's an absent-minded gesture to reach out and grasp her wrist to guide her to where he had last seen the steak that's the butt of all of sokka's very unfunny jokes. ]